Buttoning loop for supporting or fastening garments



March 22, 1932. G. H. FRANCISCO 1,350,346

BLJ TTONING LOOP FOR SUPPORTING OR FASTENING GARMENT-S Filed April 50, 1930 47' TOR/V5 v5 fff Patented Mar. 22, 1932 UNITED STATES GEORGE HALL FRANCISCO, OF. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA IBUTTONING LOOP FOR SUPPORTING OR FASTENING GARMENTS Application filed April 30, 1930.- Serial No. 448,636.

This invention relates to an improved buttoning loop for supporting or fasteninggarments, and has for one of its principal obj ects the provision of a button loop or fastening loop to be used in co-operation with a button in the fastening of garment straps, belts, stockings, and similar articles.

This application is a companion case and the material thereof constitutes modifications and improvements on applicants co-pending application, Serial No. 394,543, filed September 23, 1929.

One of the important objects of this invention is the provision of a button retaining loop or the like which is for fastening portions of garments together or for supporting garments in position, and which ordinarily acts in co-operation with a button on the article to be supported and which so co-operates with the button that the possibility of accidental dislodgment of the supporting loop from the button is very remote.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the accompanying drawings and following specification.

The invention, in a preferred form, is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view or elevation of the improved buttoning loop of this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the same in position with relation to a button.

Figure 3 illustrates a slight modification.

Figure 4 shows another modification. Figure 5 illustrates a still further modification.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numerals 10 indicate generally the two arms of the improved button fastening loop of this invention, the same being preferably formed of a single piece of metal wire which need not be resilient and which preferably is not resilient, the wire be ing bent into approximately the shape as shown in the various figures and preferably having the ends welded together as illustrated, so as to form a unitary construction.

Humps or the like as shown at12 are formed midwayof the arms 10, the arms themselves being bent at their lower ends to form a loop as best illustrated at 14 in Figure 1. The

important feature of this invention, particularly as distinguished from applicants copending case isthe inward bending of the humps 12 toward each other so as to provide a restricted passageway for the button shank or the thread which secures the button 16 in position on the cloth or other portion of a garment 18. i i 1 y The humps 12 act against the edges of the button to prevent accidental rearward sliding thereof in the loop, and the fact that the humps are bent inwardly toward each other as best shown in Figures 1, 3, and 4 additionally prevents any such rearward dislodging motion of thebutton with respect to the loop: It also appears that the peculiar construction of the loop forces a piling up of the garment orcloth beneath the ,hump elements as best illustrated in Figure 2 which accordingly additionally secures the button in 3 position.

As shown in Figure 1, the loop is composed of a piece of wire, preferably circular in crosssection, but the wire may be flattened as shown at 24 in Figure 3, and humps 22 may be formed of this flattened or square crosssectional shaped material without interfering with the efliciency of the loop itself.

The inward inclination of the button retaining humps allow the loop to work freely over a button, particularly buttons used on overalls or similar garments which usually constitute the well-known style of end clamp metal button. When the clamp base of the button is wide or when the stem of the button is wide, the inward inclination of the button retaining humps'permits of a ready passage of this portion of the loop past the button stem during the fastening movement while still holding firmly when in position.

In Figure 4 is shown a slightly square end loop of the button fastener as illustrated at 34 and the accompanying humps 32 may be either square or circular in cross-section as desired.

In Figure 5, the forward end of the loop 20 is bent downwardly at 44, the inwardly in- 'clined humps 42 being retained as in the other figures and in the same instances especially 1 where a heavy thickness of cloth is used.

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